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MSI N560GTX-Ti Hawk Review

Testing:

Power Consumption of the system will be measured in both idle states and loaded states and will take into account the peak voltage of the system with each video card installed. I will use MSI Kombuster to load the GPU for a 15 minute test and use the peak load of the system as my result for the maximum load. The idle results will be measured after 15 minutes of inactivity on the system. For load testing the GTX 500 series, I will once again use Crysis Warhead run at 2560 x 1600 using the Gamer setting with 8xAA looping the Avalanche benchmark scenario.

Settings

MSI Kombuster Stability test

1920 x 1200 Resolution

8XAA

15 minute load test

15 minute idle test

Measurement is in Watts

Lower = Better

Idle voltage from the Hawk was the lowest out of all of the cards. The Auto PWM switch toggling the phases at idle allowed it to operate at much lower power levels than the others at idle. Load is a different story with the Hawk drawing more power than the ASUS GTX 560 although, it is clocked higher. Components used on the ASUS could possibly have a higher efficiency too.